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openSUSE 42.3: 2018:2241-1 Moderate: libcgroup Permission Issue

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Calendar Grey August 7, 2018
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openSUSE Security Update: Security update for libcgroup ____________________________________________
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description

This update for libcgroup fixes the following issues:

The following security vulnerability was fixed:

- CVE-2018-14348: Fixed a permission issue with /var/log/cgred. The

permissions were not restrictive enough beforehand and ignored any umask

setting. (boo#1100365)

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate system update permission issue openSUSE libcgroup

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 42.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-821=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (i586 x86_64):

libcgroup-debugsource-0.41-8.3.1

libcgroup-devel-0.41-8.3.1

libcgroup-tools-0.41-8.3.1

libcgroup-tools-debuginfo-0.41-8.3.1

libcgroup1-0.41-8.3.1

libcgroup1-debuginfo-0.41-8.3.1

- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (x86_64):

libcgroup1-32bit-0.41-8.3.1

libcgroup1-debuginfo-32bit-0.41-8.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14348.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1100365

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:2241-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.3

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate system update permission issue openSUSE libcgroup

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